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You can't merge segments that are separated by a hard break (backward p).

If you're working on a pdf your document may be full of these. I recommend using an external OCR application to convert pdfs so that you can revise them in Word before using Studio (AFAIK you can't modify PDFs that have been converted internally in Studio, so this part of the application will only work if it is a very basic pdf).

If it's not a question of hard end of line breaks, then check that you are selecting both source segments in the segment number column and then click on ctrl+alt+S. It works fine.

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Hi Simon,you can't merge two segments that are separated with a paragraph break. This is often the case with PDF files: the OCR software sometimes inserts paragraph breaks where they don't belong. The only solution to this is to check and re-format the source DOC (converted from the PDF) and re-open that in Studio.BTW, this problem also exists in TagEditor.

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Hi Simon,PDFs are always a pain, as it says in the title of my post. Although T2009 includes an OCR module, I believe it is still best to use an external OCR tool to remain in control of what the software actually does.After you export the OCR results into Word, you can easily prepare the Word file for translation in T2009. This has worked for me best, especially in the case of more heavily formatted PDFs. The OCR module in T2009, however, is helpful for text-only PDFs.

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